USA
Open ICC Twenty20 Qualifer Against Scotland
Dec. 15th, 2009
The ICC today announced the schedule for the eight-team ICC
World Twenty20 Qualifier 2010, which will be hosted by the Emirates
Cricket Board in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) from 9 to 13 February
2010.
At stake will be a place in the ICC World Twenty20 2010 to be staged
in the West Indies . Both finalists from this event will qualify
for the big one which will take place at Barbados, Guyana and St
Lucia from 30 April to 16 May.
The winner of
the tournament will join South Africa and India in Group C while
the losing finalist will join Group D which includes the West Indies
and England .
The ICC WT20 Qualifier involves two groups of four teams with Ireland,
Scotland, Afghanistan and the USA making up Group A while Kenya,
the Netherlands, Canada and the UAE will fight it out for supremacy
of Group B.
Ireland , Kenya
, Scotland , the Netherlands , Afghanistan and Scotland have directly
qualified for the qualifier on the basis of their ODI status while
the UAE and the USA have been specially invited by the ICC to participate
in the tournament.
A total of 17 matches will be played over five days with Abu Dhabi's
Sheikh Zayed Cricket Stadium hosting six group stage matches and
Dubai International Cricket Stadium at Dubai Sports City staging
11 matches, including six group stage matches, four Super Four matches
and the final.
ICC World Twenty20 Qualifier
UAE
Groupings (In brackets are the seedings. The top
five sides have been seeded on the basis of their final positions
in the ICC WT20 Qualifier in Belfast in July 2008 while Afghanistan,
the UAE and the USA have been seeded on the basis of their 50-over
global rankings)
Group A
Ireland (1)
Scotland (3)
Afghanistan (6)
USA (8)
Group B
Netherlands (2)
Kenya (4)
Canada (5)
UAE (7)
Tournament schedule
|
Start
Time |
Dubai
International Cricket Stadium, Dubai Sports City |
Sheikh
Zayed Cricket Stadium, Abu Dhabi |
Tuesday
9 Feb |
0930
|
Ireland
v Afghanistan |
Scotland
v USA |
1330
|
Netherlands
v Canada |
Kenya
v UAE |
Wednesday
10 Feb |
0930
|
Canada
v Kenya |
Afghanistan
v Scotland |
1330
|
UAE
v Netherlands |
USA
v Ireland |
Thursday
11 Feb |
0930
|
Afghanistan
v USA |
Canada
v UAE |
1330
|
Ireland
v Scotland |
Netherlands
v Kenya |
Friday
12 Feb |
0930
|
Super
Four A1 v B2 |
|
1330
|
Super
Four B1 v A2 |
|
Saturday
13 Feb |
0930
|
Super
Four B1 v A1 |
|
1330
|
Super
Four B2 v A2 |
|
1930
|
Final
|
|
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